Comments on: Cost of Living in Mexico

By: Will

Will — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:35:58 +0000

my name is will and im 21 looking to get away and move to mexico. I just want to know what would be the best place to live with around 2000 usd

By: Julia Taylor

Julia Taylor — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:25:50 +0000

Terrell,

Glad you like my book! The following is just a loose estimate, so please cross check with other sources: Gas prices are around 9 to 10 pesos a liter. Housing hasn’t increased much but food prices have increased around 40%.

Kindest Regards, Julia C Taylor

By: Terrell Pulliam

Terrell Pulliam — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:20:01 +0000

Julia

thanks so much for the website and the ebook-both are fascinating reading chock full of essential info. my question concerns cost of living. has it risen since the release of your 2007 edition of your ebook? If so, by how much approximately?

thanks,
Terrell in PDX, OR

By: Julia Taylor

Julia Taylor — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:32:58 +0000

Tom,

Thank you for your comment. I wish you the best on planning your exciting move.

I think the best advice I can give is that one week won’t be enough to do all you would like to do. That’s OK, though. Do as much as you can and if you find you really love it there you can come back. Once you find a place you would like to live I recommend a few longer stays of one to three months before you try to make the final leap.

Kindest Regards,

Julia C Taylor

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:52:58 +0000

My wife and I are planning to retire to Mexico in 2 years. We love the culture and the people we have met, and see retirement there as a good option especially since our income will be about $2000 USD a month. This winter we will be coming to Guanajuato for a week–our first time there. This is one of the places we are considering. We want to relax and enjoy and city, its people and culture, and would also like to check out affordable and interesting neighborhoods, make whatever connections we can to both help us decide if this might be the place for us, as well as facilitate our move, if it is. Any advice you can give is appreciated.

By: cindi o rose

cindi o rose — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:02:42 +0000

I am looking to relocate to a sweet city of Gunajuato. Probably in 2011. I sur would like to connect with people of that area. Cindi

By: Sam Wodson

Sam Wodson — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:22:21 +0000

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By: Julia Taylor

Julia Taylor — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:59:35 +0000

William, Your comments are like gold. Thank you!
Regards, Julia

By: William Conklin

William Conklin — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:16:25 +0000

It is interesting to read so much about Guanajuato as that certainly a favorite place but one that gets little recognition on expat blogs. We live about 1.5-2 hours away so we don’t get there as much as we like but the views coming in on the “high road” from Dolores Hidalgo are spectacular. I’m also really impressed with the public facilities that are being built and is great that they are out from centro.
One of my most “interesting” experiences this year was having my car die at the glorietta where the road to Pipila connects to the main entry road. Lucky for me, a mechanico was about 100m away. Not only did they get me out of the glorietta, they were able to find a taxi driver with the phone contact for a rental car company that delivered a car. Also, they were able to scour Mexico for parts for a 2000 car and although it took them a week, they did a great job and it works like a charm.
I’m also very interested in price/cost discussions. The closest think that we have to a supermercado is a Flash mini-mart so I feel a lot like being in New York when I grew up. We go from tienda to tienda to find the best meat, chicken, fruits/vegetables and dry goods. We are often asked what we would see as comfortable living and I basically agree with International Living where they named Mineral de Pozos as one of six places that you can live comfortably in Mexico on $1500/month

By: Julia Taylor

Julia Taylor — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:34:04 +0000

Allen,
I’m touched that you wrote to say how much you liked the book. I’m glad that the sections on cost of living and healthcare gave you useful information and I’m really pleased that you feel that the book will improve your overall experience in Mexico.

Thanks so much for putting up a comment to say that you liked it.

Enjoy Mexico! There is so much to learn and do here!

Julia